ĐẶC ĐIỂM LÂM SÀNG BỆNH NHÂN LÕM NGỰC BẨM SINH

Abstract

Objectives: To describe clinical characteristics by age groups of pectus excavatum patients who were treated at University Medical Center at Ho Chi Minh city. Method: This is a cross-sectional retrospective study conducting at 719 patients from the period March 2008 to December 2016 were enrolled and divided into 5 different age groups: Group 1 (2-5 years, 132 (18.3%)), Group 2 (6–11 years, 153 (21.3%)), Group 3 (12–15 years, 191 (26.6%)), Group 4 (16-18 years, 155 (21.6%) and Group 5 (>18 years, 88 (12.2%)). Clinical manifestations were recorded at the time of admission to surgery. Results: There were 719 patients in the study group, the mean age was 12.4 ± 5.7 years, the majority of  patients was male (74.1%). The most common clinical manifestation were psychological effects (66.8%), dyspnea on exertion (22.7), chest pain (37.8%), exercise intolerance (36.4%). The prevalence of symptoms increased proportionally with age. The majority of patients (74.4%) had low body mass index (<18.5). Conclusions: Pectus excavatum patients, which were older than 11 years olds, tended to have some physical and psychological effects. The prevalence of symptoms increased proportionally with age. Of these, psychological effects had high incidence rate.